The Cincinnati Bearcats looked to turn a corner this season, 8 games in with a 7-1 record, ranked No. 17 in the country, and a chance at the Big 12 Championship in the back of everyone's mind. The Bearcats would finish the season with their most difficult 4-game stretch of the season, playing at Utah, then back at home for Arizona and BYU, and back on the road again for TCU.
As everyone knows, the Bearcats would fall apart in these final four games, going 0-4 and being outscored 146 to 75. This has been a recurrence under Bearcats' head coach Scott Satterfield.